Politics & Economy audiobooks

Clarity in the Political Circus

By: Richard Frank

Narrated by: James Wilson

Length: 2 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Step into the Arena of Reality with "Clarity in the Political Circus: Realizing Fact from Fiction." This book is an expedition for those ready to dissect the intricacies of political engagement and unveil the truth obscured by the spectacle. Begin with an exploration of the individual's role in politics, followed by a journey into the craft of... Read more

Our Enemies Will Vanish

By: Yaroslav Trofimov

Narrated by: David Furr

Length: 12 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

“Our Enemies Will Vanish achieves the highest level of war reporting: a tough, detailed account that nevertheless reads like a great novel. One is reminded of Michael Herr's Dispatches . . . Frankly, it's what we have all aspired to. I did not really understand Ukraine until I read Trofimov's account.” —Sebastian Junger

A revelatory eyewitness... Read more

Campeonas

By: María José Castro Bernardini & Bruno Rivas Frías

Narrated by: Alondra García

Length: 5 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

Solo en el transcurso de este siglo, el Perú ha visto a 16 mujeres en lo más alto del podio del deporte nacional. De a pocos, la presencia de las mujeres se ha vuelto constante en diversas competencias, incluso en aquellas que en el pasado eran consideradas "solo para hombres". Campeonas. Peruanas que están cambiando las reglas del juego... Read more

Know About "Abraham Lincoln"

By: Saurabh Singh Chauhan

Narrated by: Saurabh Singh Chauhan

Length: 2 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

This is small part of introduction of the book: In the heartland of America, amidst the rolling plains and whispering cornfields of Kentucky, a legend was born. In 1809, amidst the humble surroundings of a log cabin, Abraham Lincoln stepped into the world, a frontier boy who would one day etch his name into the very fabric of American history.... Read more

El Tercer Reich

By: Michael Burleigh

Narrated by: Javier Portugués (Portu)

Length: 43 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

Michael Burleigh nos ofrece una visión radicalmente nueva del Tercer Reich desde su gestación hasta su destrucción final. Antes de la aparición de esta obra, ganadora del prestigioso Premio de Ensayo Samuel Johnson 2001, no existía una historia completa sobre la Alemania nazi, a pesar de que ha sido uno de los fenómenos más estudiados del siglo... Read more

Perra

By: Marie-Pier Lafontaine

Narrated by: Cecilia Bona

Length: 1 hour 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Entre todas las leyes del padre, había una de índole fundamental: no contar. De niña, disimulaba mis deseos en textos de ficción. Dos hermanas en fuga. Perseguidas por un monstruo de dos cabezas. Huían por sombríos bosques. Se armaban con ramas, palos. Hoy ya no escondo mis deseos. Quisiera que este texto diezmara a mi familia toda. Perra,... Read more

Coretta: The Autobiography of Mrs. Coretta Scott King

By: Coretta Scott King

Narrated by: January LaVoy

Length: 26 minutes

Abridged: No

"Music and sound effects are beautifully paired with January LaVoy's inviting narration of this adaptation of Coretta Scott King's autobiography.—AudioFile

"Music and sound effects are beautifully paired with January LaVoy’s inviting narration of this adaptation of Coretta Scott King’s autobiography for adults."—The Children's Book Review... Read more

A Hitch in Time

By: Christopher Hitchens

Narrated by: Hannibal Hills & James Wolcott

Length: 10 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

In this outstanding collection, essayist Christopher Hitchens's works are shared–a must-have for Hitchens completists seeking a further understanding of his brilliant mind.

Anthologized here for the first time, A Hitch in Time is a choice selection of Christopher Hitchens’s finest reviews, diary entries, and essays–along with a smattering of... Read more

All the Presidents' Gardens

By: Marta McDowell

Narrated by: Marni Penning

Length: 5 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

This New York Times bestseller shares the rich history of the White House grounds, revealing how the story of the garden is also the story of America.

The 18-acres surrounding the White House have been an unwitting witness to history—kings and queens have dined there, bills and treaties have been signed, and presidents have landed and retreated.... Read more

Young, Gifted and Black

By: Jamia Wilson

Length: 1 hour 31 minutes

Abridged: No

“...to be revisited again and again...” –The New York Times

“Will be brought down from the bookshelf again and again" –Evening Standard

“Glorious celebration of 52 black heroes...big and bold...this is what young people of all races need to see." –The Independent

“An essential book for inspiring even the tiniest children to face the world with... Read more

Sahaj Sugam Sanvidhan सहज सुगम संविधान

By: Vibhavari Bidave

Narrated by: Parag Bapat

Length: 1 hour 56 minutes

Abridged: No

A book explaining the purpose of the constitution, fundamental rights, duties, guidelines for the state and many other constitutional provisions along with a commentary on important events and constitutional cases, petitions in the history of India.संविधानाचा उद्देश, मूलभूत हक्क, कर्तव्य, राज्यासाठी मार्गदर्शक तत्त्वे आणि इतर अनेक व्यवस्थात्मक... Read more

Der Stasi-Mythos

By: Michael Wala

Narrated by: Oliver Wronka

Length: 11 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

Entzauberte Spione

Bis heute gilt die für Spionage in der Bundesrepublik zuständige Abteilung der DDR-Staatssicherheit, die HVA, als einer der besten Auslandsgeheimdienste seiner Zeit. Von ehemaligen Mitarbeitern wird dieses Bild sorgfältig gepflegt. Unabhängig überprüfen ließ es sich bislang nicht, da fast alle einschlägigen Unterlagen... Read more

20 First Legislative Acts of the Russian Bolshevik Revolution

By: Vladimir Lenin

Narrated by: Peter Coates

Length: 1 hour 21 minutes

Abridged: No

Decrees were legislative acts of the highest Soviet institutions, primarily of the Council of People's Commissars (the highest executive body — Sovnarkom) and of VTsIK (the highest legislative body between sessions of the Congress of Soviets). The Bolshevik Initial Decrees were announced as soon as the Bolsheviks declared their success in the... Read more

Mehr Anarchie, die Herrschaften!

By: Wolfgang Herles

Narrated by: Heiko Grauel

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Wolfgang Herles zieht eine »Schadensbilanz« der Berliner Republik. Der Wohlstand der Deutschen schmilzt schneller als das Eis der Arktis. Ein Nebel aus Inkompetenz, Selbstüberschätzung, Wirklichkeitsverweigerung, bürokratischer Selbstknebelung und ideologischer Verblendung liegt über dem Land. Wer sollte ihn vertreiben, wenn nicht die Deutschen... Read more

Staatsgewalt

By: Heike Kleffner & Matthias Meisner

Narrated by: Heiko Grauel

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Der ehemalige Präsident des Bundesverfassungsgerichts, Andreas Voßkuhle, warnte, die größte Bedrohung für die Institutionen des Staates gehe von rechts aus. Die aktuellen Ermittlungsverfahren gegen rechtsterroristische Vereinigungen unterstreichen die Gefahren, die von Rechtsextremen in Polizei, Bundeswehr, Justiz und Verfassungsschutz ausgehen.... Read more

Hybris und Nemesis

By: Rainer Mausfeld

Narrated by: Klaus B. Wolf

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Wie aus dem Ideal der Demokratie die Ideologie der Elitenherrschaft wurde

Die Risiken und Gefahren der militärischen und ökologischen Zerstörung sind heute so groß, dass sie die menschliche Zivilisation schlechthin bedrohen. Die Herausforderung eine gute, lebenswerte und wohlgeordnete Weltgemeinschaft herzustellen, stellt sich heute drängender... Read more

Utopia

By: Thomas More

Narrated by: Jowanna Lewis

Length: 4 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

Utopia (Libellus vere aureus, nec minus salutaris quam festivus, de optimo rei publicae statu deque nova insula Utopia, "A little, true book, both beneficial and enjoyable, about how things should be in the new island Utopia") is a work of fiction and socio-political satire by Thomas More (1478–1535), written in Latin and published in 1516. The... Read more

The City of The Sun

By: Tommaso Campanella

Narrated by: Joe Phoenix

Length: 1 hour 44 minutes

Abridged: No

The City of the Sun is a philosophical work by the Italian Dominican philosopher Tommaso Campanella. It is an important early utopian work. The work was written in Italian in 1602, shortly after Campanella's imprisonment for heresy and sedition. A Latin version was written in 1613–1614 and published in Frankfurt in 1623.  The book is presented... Read more

The Three Sources and Three Component Parts of Marxism

By: Vladimir Lenin

Narrated by: Mark Bowen

Length: 17 minutes

Abridged: No

The Three Sources and Three Component Parts of Marxism (Russian:  Три источника и три составных части марксизма ) is an article written by the Russian revolutionary Vladimir Lenin and published in 1913. The article was dedicated to the thirtieth anniversary of Karl Marx's death. Read more

Fascism: What It Is And How To Fight It

By: Leon Trotsky

Narrated by: Mark Bowen

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Leon Trotsky (1879-1940) was a Bolshevik revolutionary and Marxist theorist. He was one of the leaders of the Russian October Revolution, second only to Vladimir Lenin. During the early days of the Soviet Union, he served first as People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs and later as the founder and commander of the Red Army and People's Commissar... Read more

Anarchism: What It Really Stands For

By: Emma Goldman

Narrated by: Mark Bowen

Length: 42 minutes

Abridged: No

Emma Goldman (1869 – 1940) was an anarchist political activist and writer. She played a pivotal role in the development of anarchist political philosophy in North America and Europe in the first half of the 20th century.  In this essay, (1910) Goldman sets forth her interpretation of the ideology of anarchism. Like most anarchists, she was... Read more

The War on Critical Race Theory

By: David Theo Goldberg

Narrated by: Lisa Larsen

Length: 6 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

"Critical Race Theory" is consuming conservative America. The mounting attacks on a once-obscure legal theory are upending public schooling, legislating censorship, driving elections, and cleaving communities.



In this much-needed response, renowned scholar David Theo Goldberg cuts to the heart of the claims expressed in these attacks. He... Read more

Seeking Social Democracy

By: Edward Broadbent

Narrated by: Frank Block

Length: 11 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

The first full-length treatment of Ed Broadbent's ideas and remarkable seven-decade engagement in public life



Part memoir, part history, part political manifesto, Seeking Social Democracy offers the first full-length treatment of Ed Broadbent's ideas and remarkable seven-decade engagement in public life. In dialogue with three collaborators from... Read more

Getting Russia Right

By: Thomas Graham

Narrated by: Daniel Henning

Length: 10 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

As US-Russian relations scrape the depths of cold-war antagonism, the promise of partnership that beguiled American administrations during the first post-Soviet decades increasingly appears to have been false from the start. Why did American leaders persist in pursuing it? Was there another path that would have produced more constructive... Read more